Rapier's Edge

N Cal

2007-11-10T21:30:36Z

Okay , I've been back in the Bay Area for almost a month now.
Ricgh now is particularly nice it is cold, foggy and just a little bit rainy and I am living (Housesitting) in a large BEAUTIFUL home at the top of the Kensington Hills with a stunning view of the bay and more hidden nooks, study's library's and crannies than I've ever enjoied in a home.

I haven't seen enough of my friends so far while I've been up here but hopefully that'll change a little bit soon.

I'm doing well and the Job may very well go perm, but I'm being considered for a gig in Contra Costa and a recruiter from a MAJOR Fed Agency called me Friday with a request that I look at 2 job postings and seriously think about applying.

my ego is very well fed.

Update

2007-10-10T16:43:44Z

I have accepted a 3 month temp-perm contract with Kaiser Oakland as an Admin in the Environmental Health and Safety department. I'll be living in Emeryville.

Another one from our lady Susie Bright.

2007-10-04T15:41:25Z

http://web.archive.org/web/20060905202458/http://www.ebogjonson.com/archives/2005/12/about_the_neigh.php

31 things about the neighbor who fucks too much

never rains

2007-10-02T16:26:56Z

I'll be in Oakland/San Francisco Today and tomorroro

My mom is being released from UCLA today

I saw "Blink" last night which is to me one of the best Dr. Who eps I've seen.

is it just me or is anybody else vaguely squicked by the idea of "Hello Kitty" panties for kids?

Okay I'm off to drive the 5

XX and counting, just wait soon you'll be XXX

2007-08-26T17:51:38Z

Happy XX birthday Spiritdog

may all your happy things come true (well okay the legal ones.... heck maybe even some of the other kind too ;) )

A-

didn't we go through this with the Black Lodge?

2007-08-16T16:00:07Z

http://ecomm.davidlynch.com/catalog/coffee.php

David Lynch Signature Coffee

Ya know

2007-08-10T14:47:25Z

I guess its a good thing I'm not the president because right now the

big red candy colored button

would just be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tempting to jump up and down on screaming FUCK YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

guess I just woke up grumpy today, probably the wrong day to actually pursue universal Annihilation and cackling gleefully among the ashes.

This has GOT to be my favorite bit of cultural floatsam is a LONG TIME.

2007-08-08T18:04:34Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXNY2hykOnw

I mean lets take inventory, Dr. Who, Shakespeare & Queer Studies

On top of which it was a decently tightly written spot.

Good article I highly recomend

2007-08-03T17:50:58Z

http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2007/08/andi-zeisler-fr.html
(Excerpt Follows)
Bitch Editor Andi Zeisler Interviews Susie Bright

I tend to be the "nosy bitch" in any interview situation, but the tables were turned on me last year by Andi Zeisler, editor of my favorite feminist magazine, Bitch.

I appreciated Andi's discussion so much, I asked her if I could reprint our conversation below. It took place at the much-loved Santa Cruz Saturn Cafe, over their top-secret-recipe hot fudge sundaes:

AZ: In your essay collections Sexwise and The Sexual State of the Union, you wrote about the hypocrisy of our government meddling in the sex lives of its citizenry. You were one of the first people to talk about politicians in a kind of tongue-in-cheek way as these people whose values are so misaligned with their actual behavior.

Do you think it’s become more obvious how hypocritical government policy is when it comes to legislating and policing sex?

SB: One of my favorite fairy tales is The Emperor’s New Clothes. It seems like, for a long time, puritanism in America has had this very tight class structure that dictates who can be unmasked sexually. You can always take some poor wanker, and make him out to be a dirty old man. But historically, you could never do that with the rich, the protected, the elite. And yet here they were, making the decisions about what everybody else got to read or look at.

I always wanted to make people see that sexual freedom is actually one of the ultimate tests of a real democracy: Do you have the nerve, the courage, to let people educate themselves, make their own decisions about their sex lives? Or are you going to take the mommy-and-daddy-know-best position, where [the government] gets to look at everything, prescreen, and then decide what everybody else is going to do?

A lot of people misinterpret puritan leadership as being a group of people who want to outlaw all sexual expression. No. They’re very interested in looking at it themselves. They want the full range of emotions about everything; they want access to all the esoteric knowledge. But they don’t want you to have it, and that’s where it becomes so important that sexual speech is the number-one suppressed speech in America.

Anybody in this restaurant can stand up and publish that they wish Bush were dead, or that they’d like to take an ax to Donald Rumsfeld— but when it comes to sexual speech, American is petrified.

intake

2007-08-03T14:57:36Z

In the odd instance that any of you might decide to try Cactus Teryaki style.

I highly recomend against it.

just saying.........

some "love" for the troops from a NY lesbian country singer?

2007-07-29T20:04:51Z

http://anarchogeek.com/articles/2007/4/16/who-is-sandy-belle-the-hot-country-singer-who-has-a-message-for-the-troops

Turns out that Sandy Belle is actually Sandra Bauleo of the queer new york based sketch comedy group The Dregs.

What’s most interesting to me, aside from seeing the video and how it’s using satire of pop media online really well, is that there were multiple copies of the video uploaded to youtube. The version which clearly states an anti-war message and that it’s satire only has 6000 views vs 31,000 for the straight faced satire. People like it when they aren’t sure of the message and have to figure it out on their own, or they are really tricked. Anyway, that’s who Sandy Belle is.

"We'l get freaky like in abu graib"

Basically I miss my army gome back and I'll "****" you off and make you spew and stuff song, but funny.

Another One from Mistress B. AKA WTF!!!!!!!

2007-07-27T02:55:52Z

http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2007/07/sex-blogging-wi.html

On this week's audio show, I make a big announcement: money can't buy you love— except in Illinois, where you can at least get damages.

An Chicago-suburb husband begged his wife to have sex with other men, so he could watch. At first she was nonplussed. Then, when his wife fell in love with the boytoy, hubbie successfully sued the man... under a quaint "alienation of affection" law, for $4,800. I'd love to know how they came up with that number.

The Marginal Revolution parses the tricky question of the matter:

"[The Husband] surely does not have a right to his wife's affection— he can't sue her if she doesn't love him— so if another man steals what Husband does not own, how can Husband have a claim against the other man?"

For all the Potter Heads in the Crowd

2007-07-23T01:07:47Z

Courtesy of Susie Bright.

http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2007/07/harry-potter-an.html
Strangely, I am not a Pott-head. But many of my family and friends are— and I'm traveling with them to a midnight bookstore party, tonight, to revel in the new book's release.

Whatever The Deathly Hallows has to offer, they can't possibly compete with the X-rated Potter Parody recorded by CassetteBoy, which I offer for your listening pleasure:

It was bound to happen

2007-07-21T02:52:44Z

My 3 yr old walks up to me and asks

Daddy can you help me get it out?

Get it out of where honey?

My Nose.

Uh, (Worried) what did you put up your nose darling?

The Diamond.

Okay it was a piece of costume jewlery gem but still, never thought the the first thing I'd have to dig out of my daughters nose would be a "diamond"

Trailer for a Remake of Gore VIdal's Calligula

2007-07-16T18:34:37Z

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=8127882

Justine Bateman ... Attia, Imperial Courtesan
Karen Black ... Agrippina
Barbara Bouchet ... Caesonia
Gerard Butler ... Prefect Cassius Chaerea
Benicio Del Toro ... Macro
Milla Jovovich ... Druscilla
Courtney Love ... Caligula
Helen Mirren ... Tiberia
Michelle Phillips ... Messalina
Gore Vidal ... Himself

Can't get enough of that wonderful Duff..

2007-07-05T20:02:59Z

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3340667&page=1

the 7-11 2 blocks from my house in Culver city has been transmogrified into a Quik-E-Mart, complete with Buzz Cola, Krusty-Os, Squishies and Pink Doughnuts from the Simpsons.

Its a promotional tie in for the upcoming Movie obviously but sadly, when we went yesterday they were out of Buzz Cola, and Krusty-Os. I'll try to get some another time.

They didn't carry Duff Beer though which made me sad.....

Doin' lines at Disneyland

2007-06-27T18:34:49Z

Yesterday was my daughter's 3rd birthday. We took her and her sister to Disneyland to celebrate and I must report that the highlight of the day was seeing a Trio of Buddhist Monks in full dark orange robes and shaved heads standing in line for the Pirates of the Carribbean ride.

Don't know if it would have been more amusing if they were in line for Haunted Mansion but this is what I got so there.....

The munchkins had a faboo time and at the ripe old age of 37 (Sheesh cant I reduce that and my weight just a bit whatever divine deity may or may not exist) I finally understand the "Magic" of that place. Really made my girls happy. I'm really verry very lucky to be their daddy.

Catching up on my Godzilla and my Art Films....

2007-06-17T22:29:15Z

Okay you (if you have the constitution for it) may need to see Shortbus.

Yes it is Sexually Explicit and cramed to the rafters of non-simulated sex of all stripes (and you can buy it at Target)

but it is the deepest moment of art criticism I have encountered since my Undergratuate days at Berkeley.

For thouse of you who know of what I speak, does it actually improve or detract from the painting???

not a superhero today

2007-05-03T17:43:31Z

ugh the house is a mess and I need to job hunt.

If anybody in the LA Area is interested in helping with 2 hours of Babysitting (6-8) followed by whatever... I could really use the slave labor.... but hey at least the kids are nice.

:0

Transition

2007-04-30T22:09:28Z

Having a hard time today.

I've removed the prior post about weight loss because it was a misrable failure. First off nobody made submissions, but more importantly, even though I did make a concerted effort to eat helthier and less and get some exercise, I actually gained weight.

My employer has decided to let me go. I was placed on probation some 6 mos ago due to stress and anxiety around the birth of my second daughter, (And lets face it I never really liked my job) and a letter was placed in my file. I've spent the past 6 months working on improving my work performance and by all, well most substantive measures this has been a rousing success. Sadly, again being honest, I never really took to some of the detailed technical elements of this particular job, and after a serious technical error last week I've been informed that my last day is May 25. Everybody has been very clear that the issue is strictly about the quantity and severity of errors made in data processing and that I'm being given but oh well.........

SERIOUSLY
If you have Job Leads ANYWHERE!! Please help.

Calling Mr. Trump

2007-04-20T19:53:15Z

The NPR coverage of Mr. Attorney General's testimony was brutal.

Just felt like a kid trying to play at being in an adult game and getting crushed and brutalized duing play.

If I didn't actually feel he absolutely did engage in obstruction of justice and did terminate Judicial Employees for improper political reasons, I'd feel sorry for the guy.

This is the problem with a Loyalty based Administration in that it places people in positions of authority who have neither the skills nor the experience to perform the duties required in a professional and competent manner.

I will be the first to admit there were some legitimate political improprieties during the Clinton Years. Whitewater was not a legitimate issue & Lewinsky was overblown but there were some boners that occured because of mid-level abuse of power that should have been called to the floor. However even those were of limited scope and impact.

The abuse of power and arrogance of the Bush administration however is staggering and on Nixonian levels. Actually in some ways even worse. Nixon (I'll assume) was clinically paranoid, but he was a capable statesman and did make some impressive political moves. Bush is just power hungry and stupid.

Sad this man makes Richard M. look to be the nice Mormon he wanted us to see him as.

Gee if High School politics were this much fun when I was a Kid....

2007-04-13T23:22:00Z

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18096314/

Parents get DVD of educators having sex
Chicago principal, teacher shown in office; video sent ahead of elections

CHICAGO - A principal and a teacher at a suburban elementary school quit amid allegations they were caught on video having sex in the principal's office, authorities say.

In keeping with Cook County's reputation for bare-knuckle politics, the scandal broke after copies of the 2 1/2-hour sex tape were mailed anonymously to parents this week, just days before a contested school board election.

The case has also created something of a mystery: Who planted the camera that recorded the action?

Short Story Enclosed

2007-04-13T23:11:47Z

inquire within

yeah You pretty much HAVE to Read the whole Review !!

2007-04-13T16:46:49Z

A massively influential piece of work and multi-layered exploration into what it means to be a human with free will, Solarbabies stands tall over so many lesser entries into the post-apocalyptic-teen-action-scifi-roller-skating-adventure genre.

http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/solarbabies.php
Excerpts follow:

Dismissed as pop culture fluff when it was released in 1986 and, subsequently tagged with the unfair label of "s—-- cinema," Solarbabies, Alan Johnson's audacious—and criminally misunderstood—futuristic science fiction tale offers a compelling subtext on the nature of the human soul and the duality of man.

Solarbabies is a remarkable exploration into a number of human archetypes, and can spawn a litany of analyses, but for the purposes of this review and considering the abbreviated space, I will only focus on the most prevalent interpretation of Johnson's magnum opus—Solarbabies: The duality of man.

There is another level of symbolism at work in Solarbabies, which even more explicitly details the overarching theme of human duality and conflict within the soul: the character of Bodhi. Many critics have pinned a Mosaic label on Bodhi, claiming the alien orb "leads his people through the desert wasteland, ultimately to the promised land, but not before parting the seas to vanquish his foes." (Pierce, 215). While the comparison is valid, I feel a more appropriate analogy is to Jesus Christ. The parallels are difficult to ignore: Bodhi comes down from heaven, takes the form of a vulnerable being, promises salvation from oppression, holds children in high regard, heals physical weakness (e.g., Daniel's deafness), suffers by the hands of the very people he has come to save, breaks his Earthly bonds to usher in a new kingdom, and ultimately ascends into the heavens. In fact, before Bodhi's ascension he dissipates into an energy form, flowing through the Solarbabies, who mention that he "will still be with them." This scene is obviously analogous to the Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles (the Solarbabies, here) and the reality and power of the Triune Godhead and the road to orthodox Christian salvation was unsheathed. Salvation in the film is the spread of water, and one can not dismiss the potency of the water symbolism when taken into a Scriptural context: Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. The woman said to him, "Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep; where then can you get this living water?" (John 4: 10-12). Like the Messianic Christ, Bodhi has supplied the peoples of the Earth with living water, which will quench both their physical and spiritual thirsts. Some critics, like Spengler, attempt to subvert the Christ imagery in Bodai, pointing to the scene where Bodai calls down thunder, lightning, and rain in the Solarbabies' club room, "which is quite the opposite of what we see in the New Testament, when Jesus calms the storms, versus creating them." (Spengler, 345). It is, at first glance, a damning criticism—until one looks at the Bible as a whole and notes that God throughout brings down harsh weather to meet His Divine needs. Jesus is the Logos and therefore brings down the water himself. The Messiah comparison to Bodhi stands firm.

Click (duplicated) link below and become enlightened
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/solarbabies.php

I dig this review, and it ends well

2007-04-12T22:52:08Z

http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/schoolgirlreport1.php